.TH "display-vgl" 7 "2003-04-02" "libggi-current" GGI
.SH NAME
\fBdisplay-vgl\fR : FreeBSD/i386 console display
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nb
.nf
display-vgl:[-nodb|-usedb]
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
Displays on the FreeBSD/i386 console. 16 and 32bit direct color
support with the latest FreeBSD vgl(3) library (FreeBSD > R5.0 and a
patch is available for FreeBSD R4.x series).

Like VGL, the vgl-display depends on the current VGA/VESA modes and
you must load the vesa.ko module to get advanced modes (higher than
680x480x8).
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\f(CW-nodb\fR
Don't use directbuffer.

.TP
\f(CW-usedb\fR
Make use of directbuffer.

.PP
.SH FEATURES
.IP \(bu 4
True color support is best with directbuffer. Your board must
provide VESA 2.1 compliance to use directbuffer. If it's an old S3
board, use the s3.ko module to access it's framebuffer (FreeBSD >
R5.0).
.IP \(bu 4
Unaccelerated (VESA).
.PP
